National Forest Recreation Use--Summary statistics


					Recrea-	Recrea-			Recrea-	Recrea-
	Recrea-				tion	tion			tion	tion
	tion	Per-	STATE	FIPS code	visitor-	visitor-	STATE OR	FIPS code	visitor-	visitor-
YEAR AND ACTIVITY	visitor-	cent			days ¹	days ¹	OTHER AREA		days ¹	days ¹
	days ¹				1995	1996			1995	1996
	(1,000)				(1,000)	(1,000)			(1,000)	(1,000)


1980	233,549	100.0	United States	00000	345,083	341,200	Nevada	32000	3,742	3,857
1984	227,554	100.0					New Hampshire	33000	3,352	3,354
1985	225,407	100.0	Alabama	01000	680	689	New Mexico	35000	9,475	9,326
1986	226,533	100.0	Alaska	02000	5,980	6,962	New York	36000	103	39
1987	238,458	100.0	Arizona	04000	33,165	35,000	North Carolina	37000	6,756	6,979
1988	242,316	100.0	Arkansas	05000	2,206	2,210	North Dakota	38000	116	133
1989	252,495	100.0	California	06000	80,877	71,165	Ohio	39000	851	524
1990	263,051	100.0	Colorado	08000	30,971	30,971	Oklahoma	40000	389	393
1991	278,849	100.0	Florida	12000	3,157	2,960	Oregon	41000	37,032	37,030
1992	287,691	100.0	Georgia	13000	3,191	2,925	Pennsylvania	42000	3,503	3,268
1993	295,473	100.0	Idaho	16000	14,264	15,365	South Carolina	45000	987	1,011
1994	330,348	100.0	Illinois	17000	1,118	1,188	South Dakota	46000	3,536	3,571
1995	345,083	100.0	Indiana	18000	618	684	Tennessee	47000	3,188	3,309
1996, total	341,200	100.0	Kansas	20000	85	86	Texas	48000	2,440	2,302
Mechanized travel and viewing scenery	122,141	35.8	Kentucky	21000	2,251	2,326	Utah	49000	18,880	19,378
Camping, picnicking, and swimming	87,082	25.5	Louisiana	22000	591	599	Vermont	50000	1,393	1,395
Hiking, horseback riding, and water travel	33,099	9.7	Massachusetts	25000	147	158	Virginia	51000	4,702	4,927
Winter sports	19,708	5.8	Michigan	26000	4,720	4,866	Washington	53000	24,797	24,797
Hunting	19,384	5.7	Minnesota	27000	5,824	5,982	West Virginia	54000	1,461	1,499
Resorts, cabins, and organization camps	17,702	5.2	Mississippi	28000	1,409	1,828	Wisconsin	55000	2,531	2,527
Fishing	18,160	5.3	Missouri	29000	2,230	2,518	Wyoming	56000	8,353	9,114
Nature studies	3,299	1.0	Montana	30000	13,602	13,495
Other ²	20,627	6.0	Nebraska	31000	248	320	Puerto Rico	72000	171	171

1 One recreation visitor-day is the recreation use of National Forest land or water that aggregates 12 visitor-hours. This may entail 1 person for 12 hours, 12 persons for 1 hour, or any equivalent combination of individual or group use, either continuous or intermittent.
2 Includes team sports, gathering forest products, attending talks and programs, and other uses.

Source: U.S. Forest Service, Annual Report.

http://www.fs.fed.us/

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/416_national_forest_recreation_use_summary.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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416. National Forest Recreation Use--Summary